Is opposition to Israel anti-Semitic?

What is anti-Semitism, and who deserves the label anti-Semite? These are questions that arose from a recently settled defamation lawsuit launched by a former Labor MP against Melbourne’s Herald-Sun newspaper.

By way of finding answers, let’s begin where there’s broad consensus. It is generally agreed that anti-Semitism is the world’s most enduring ethno-religious bigotry having taken a variety of forms over many centuries.